NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  Novell Enterprise Web Server patch
TID #:  2958125
README FOR:  nesn51b.exe

NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS:
Netscape Fast Track Server for NetWare
NetWare Enterprise Web Server - NW51

ABSTRACT:

NetWare Enterprise Web Server
These files include fixes for the Enterprise web server running on NetWare 5.1.
These NLMs can be used on a NetWare 5.0 server if the current support pack for
NetWare 5.0 has been installed before trying to run these NLMs.  To find the
current support pack for NetWare 5.0 check the patches link at
http://support.novell.com.  These NLMs will not work on any NetWare 4.x
servers.

The install prerequisites were edited 12/11/00.
The Readme was edited 12/20/00.


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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Prerequisites:

1. The latest support pack for NetWare 5.1 must be installed before using these
NLMs.  At the minimum support pack 1 must be installed, failure to do so will
result in public symbol errors.
2. The NLMs contained in this patch can be used for the Enterprise web server
running on a NetWare 5.1, or the Novonyx web server running on NetWare 5.0.  Do
not use these NLMs on any version of NetWare released before version 5.0.
3. On a NetWare 5.0 server, PKI/SAS needs to be installed in order to load the
NLMs in this patch.  
4. The NetWare 5.0 server must be patched to NW5SP5.EXE or later for these NLMs
to work. The latest support pack can be located at: http://support.novell.com

Enterprise WebServer Installation:

1. Stop the web server using the NSWEBDN command.
2. Rename the admserv.nlm, nshttpd.nlm, nslcgi.nlm and the nwglobsm.nlm or move
them to a backup directory.  These files are located in the SYS:SYSTEM
directory of the NetWare 5.x server.  There may not be an nwglobsm.nlm in the
SYS:SYSTEM in every situation. 
3. Copy all of the NLMs included in this patch to the SYS:SYSTEM directory on
the NetWare 5.x server.
4. Reload the web server with the NSWEB command, or reboot the server. 

ISSUE: 

NESN51B.EXE inclueds all of the fixes in the previous NESN51x.EXE patches.

In addition to providing a temporary upgrade path for NetWare 5.0 web servers,
multiple stability issues and the following abends have been addressed.

Fixes in NESN51.EXE
1. Abend in NSHTTPD.NLM|ldap_simple_bind function.
Abend: Page Fault Processr Exception (Error code 00000000)
EAX = 00000000 EBX = 00000001 ECX = D40BBAC4 EDX = D40BBAC4
ESI = D4355938 EDI = D5DFB2C4 EBP = D5DF9404 ESP = D5DF93EC
EIP = D42446B7 FLAGS = 00014292 (AF SF IF NT RF)
D42446B7 83B8EA00000000 CMP     [EAX+000000EA], 00000000

2. Abend in CheckTheRightsCache caused with NDS authentication

Fixes in NESN51A.EXE
1.Users that are located several contexts down are unable to authenticate to
the Enterprise Server. 

2.Unable to see an index of files and folders on another volume through the
Enterprise Server. 

Fixes in NESN51B.EXE
1.A NetWare 5.1 web server is using virtual document directories to access HTML
files on a remote server.  The web server is taking a licensed connection on
the remote server  and will  not release it until the web server is reset or
rebooted.

2.Web server appears to be causing high utilization on the server.

3. If more then 16 hardware virtual servers were defined the web server would
abend.

4.If you create a Software Virtual Server, the cache statistics do NOT update;
they all stay at 0.  If you then delete the Software Virtual Server, the cache
starts working again.

5. An abend caused when using Netscape 6.0 browser and Web Access.



Self-Extracting File Name: nesn51b.exe

Files Included          Size         Date          Time
..\
   NESN51B.TXT   (This file)
   ADMSERV.NLM        685039    7-25-2000    1:12:22 pm
   NSHTTPD.NLM       2323823    12-4-2000   11:20:32 am
    NSLCGI.NLM         79175    7-25-2000    1:06:36 pm
  NWGLOBSM.NLM        214489    7-25-2000    1:18:12 pm



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